Individuality

Individuality

“Good old-fashioned, individual work and responsibility creates the net for success with God’s blessings of reaping what you sow.” ~ Jon Barnes

See

Your honest flow is not a show, but an opportunity to see the hand of God working in your life, with your personal touch and efforts, based on His principles and not your own logic.Take notice of how God responds to your loving kindness and obvious obedience to basic scripture principles. Now, test these principles with your individual actions to learn how God operates with you personally. You will see the hand of God for yourself.

Personalities

Since our personalities and work ethics vary like fingerprints, our measure of faith, focus, and rewards will vary as well. Each person will get what they deserve and God will determine why. Pray that your personality grows towards obeying God and ignoring your own free will. The individual choice is only yours to make and it will match the DNA of your personality.

Alive

Your life comes alive when you see the results of obeying God’s good steps, by avoiding the bad steps in life.Respect and honor will follow the good steps that you take.Repent and avoid old mistakes. Habitual sinners are liars who refuse to grow up, change, or improve, because, they stay busy pointing at the mistakes of others, with no focus on God and themselves.

Today’s Question

Do you lack the focus of listening, reading, and learning about God and His applications?

Enjoy The Reading

2 Samuel 8

David’s Military Victories

8 After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest town.[a]2 David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.

3 David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.4 David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers,[b] and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.

5 When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.6 Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money. So the Lord made David victorious wherever he went.

7 David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem,8 along with a large amount of bronze from Hadadezer’s towns of Tebah[c] and Berothai.

9 When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadadezer,10 he sent his son Joram to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of silver, gold, and bronze.

11 King David dedicated all these gifts to the Lord, as he did with the silver and gold from the other nations he had defeated—12 from Edom,[d] Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—and from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

13 So David became even more famous when he returned from destroying 18,000 Edomites[e]in the Valley of Salt.14 He placed army garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. In fact, the Lord made David victorious wherever he went.

15 So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.16 Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah was the court secretary.18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard.[f]And David’s sons served as priestly leaders.[g]